Container



Nov. 18, 1941. A, H, ERWALD' I 2,262,749

' CONTAINER V v I Filed May 14, 1937 2 9 Z5 k4 1740/ INVENTOR 1 E Abmfimflfierwah! ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 18, 1941 2,262,749 CONTAINER Abraham H. Berwald, New York, N. Y., assignor to Eagle Pencil Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application May 14, 1937, Serial No. 142,613

2 Claims.

Among the objects of the present invention are to provide a container having a grade or similar designation thereon, so arranged and displayed as to focus attention to said designation so that it will not be overlooked, and impliedly indicate from which end the container is to be properly opened and which will enhance the attractiveness of said container.

As a feature of the presentinvention the container comprises a casing and a member movable in or out of said casing and having a rade or other similar designation thereon visible through a cut-out or window in a wall of said casing when said container is closed.

- As another feature the movable member above referred to is in the form of a closure flap which is adapted to be tucked underneath the wall havingthe cut-out or window.

As a further feature, this closure flap forms part of a container section, which is slidable in the casing and which carries therewith the contents of the container sothat said contents is accessibly exposed by the sliding manipulation of said section into open position.

In the accompanying drawing in which are shown one. or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention- Fig. 1 isla perspective of a closed. container embodying the present invention;

".Fig. 2 isa perspective of the container of Fig. 1 but. shown in .open position; 'Fig. .3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig; 1;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the casing is formed;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a fiat strip from which the slidable section of the container is formed, but shown in reduced scale; and

Fig. 6 is -a perspective of a form of pencil lead for which the container of the present invention is particularly adapted.

Although the present invention is adapted for a large variety of uses, it is particularly useful for pencil lead containers, a specific form of which includes a tubular open ended casing ID of rectangular cross-section, formed from a blank II, which is made preferably of pasteboard, and which has a series of longitudinally extending score or crease lines l2 along which said blank is folded to form a pair of opposed side walls l3, a top wall I4, and a pair of overlapping sections preferably glued together to form a bottom wall l5. This bottom wall I5 is preferably provided at the ends with semi-circular cut-outs I6 and I! to facilitate pushing and pullling manipulations of the container into open position as will be hereinafter made apparent.

= is provided at one end to apprise the user of the Slidably extending in the interior of the casing I0 is a block I8 preferably of wood, having a series of longitudinally extending grooves 20 opened at their ends and at their upper sides, and adapted to receive long pencil leads 2| of the type to be used in mechanical pencils. The length of the block i8 is substantially co-extensive with the length of the casing l0, and its cross section is slightly smaller than the cross section of the casing to permit the free sliding movement of said block in said casing.

The leads 2| are shown of the type described and claimed in the copending application Serial No. 52,969, of Isidor Chesler, filed December 5, 1935, in which a coating 22 of contrasting color need for recharging, when the colored end of the lead appears through the tip of the mechanical pencil.

Wrapped-longitudinally around the block l8 is a band 24 forming a closure for the casing 10,

and 'comprising a longitudinalstrip preferably of pasteboard, provided with transverse scorelines 23 defining a main panel 24a co-extensive in length and'wi-dt'h with the length and width of the block 18 respectively, and adapted to extend along the bottom thereof, a pair of intermediate spaced panels 25 adapted to be folded upwardly across the ends of the block [8, and a pair of end closure flap sections 26 and 21 adapted to be folded inwardly over the top of the block I8, and to be tucked under the top wall 14 of the, casing Ill. The outer ends of these'fiap sections 26 and 21 are preferably tapered to facilitate the tucking of said sections into closure position.

As an important feature of the present invention the top wall M of the casing Ill is provided near one end with a cut-out 28 preferably of circular form, and the flap 26 has a grade legend or designation 29 which in the present embodiment indicates the hardness of the lead. This designation 29 is so positioned on the flap 26 that when the container is closed in the position shown in Fig. 1, said designation will appear centrally through the cut-out 28. One of the end panels 25 of the band 22 is preferably provided with a legend 30 indicating the color of the lead.

The band 24 on its outer side is of a color which preferably corresponds to the color of the lead, and which contrasts with the colorings on the top wall M of the casing. For instance, the end portion of the top wall I4 of the casing may be in silver or white, the outer surface of the band may be in black, corresponding to the color of the lead, and the legend 29 in white, so that the black background of said legend will contrast with said casing top and will at the same time indicate the color of the lead. In opening the container the user pushes his finger through the right-hand end of the casing, so that the lefthand end of the block l8 and the band 24 will be projected a comparatively small distance beyond the left-hand end of said casing. This projecting end of the block l8 and band 2.4 may I then be pulled until the flap 26 is released from the top wall I4 of the casing. When this flap H 26 is so released it will spring outwardly as shown in Fig. 2 and will expose the coated ends of the lead. A lead may then be conveniently drawn from the block l8. j a 7 The prominence of the cut-out 28 will focus sive with that of said casing, and provided on its upper side with a series of parallel lead retaining grooves open at the ends of said block,

-- and a longitudinal pasteboard band provided with'transverse score lines defining a main panel coextensive in length and substantially in width attention immediately on the grade mark 29, 7

so that a purchaser will not overlook this mark among a general maze of printing on the cartor and will therefore not inadvertently accept the wrong grade oflead, Furthermore,'the present construction permits the casings ill to be manufactured all alike .for different grades of leads, and eifects a color contrast for the grade designation without the necessity of subjecting the vcasing itself to an addi tional color printing operation for this contrast. Also,'since the cutout 29 appears near the end of the casing adjacent to the coated ends of the leads, it Will impliedly indicate that the container is to be Opened from that end. When the purchaser therefore properly opens the casing, he will immediately see the colored ends of the leads and he will not therefore inadvertently insert the Wrong end of a lead into the mechanical pencil.

aspects of the invention are concerned the clo-'- sure fiap bearing the grade or'similar designation may be integral with the casing In, or the closure flap may be eliminated andthe block l8 itself contain the designation which appears throughthe cut-out or window of the casing l0.

Also as far as certain aspects of the invention are concerned, the cut-out 28 may be covered with a transparent film such as Cellophane to form a window. 1 7

It will thusfbe seen that there is herein de- It must be understood that as far as certain scribed a container in which the several fe'atures'of thisinvention are embodied, and which container in its action attains the various objectsof the invention and is well suited to meet g the requirementsof practical use.

with the lengthy and width of said block respectively, and extending along the bottom thereof, a pair of intermediate spaced panels adapted to be folded upwardly across the ends of the block, and coextensive in length and Width with the height and width respectively of said block ends, and a pair of end closure flap sections adapted to be folded inwardly over the top of said block,

and to be tucked under the top wall of said cas-' ing, one of said end sections having a designation thereon visible through said out out when said. container is in closed position, said lattersection being held against said cut-out by said block.

2. A container ends and having a cut-out near but spaced from one end of its top wall and having cut-outs at the ends'of its bottom face, serving as finger notches, a block in said'casing having a length and cross-section substantially coextensive with that of said casing and provided on its" upper side with a. series of parallel lead retaining grooves open at the ends of said block, and a longitudinal extensive in length and substantially in'width with the length and width of said block respectively, and extending along the bottom thereof, a pair of intermediate spaced panelsadapted to be folded upwardly across the ends of the block, and coextensive in'length and width with the height and width respectively of said block ends, and a pair of end closure flap sections adapted to be folded inwardly over the top of said block, and to be tucked under the top wall of said casing, one of said end sections having a designation thereon visible through the cut-out in said top wall when said container is in closed position, said latter section being held against said cut-out by said block.

including a tubular pasteboard casing of rectangular cross-section, open' at both pasteboard band provided with transverse score lines defining a main panel co- 

